Release Date: 01 January 2019
Label: Nimbus Records - Cd / Nimbus Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 710357597220
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Johannes Brahms
Description
More than twenty years separate the two cello sonatas. While the first, in E minor is generally rather sombre, often very low-lying on the cello and serious in its Bachian working-out, the second, in F major is full of turbulent, confident, even heroic qualities. It presents both players at full throttle, strutting proudly through one noble melody after another, and then – in the radically remote and radiant key of F sharp major – has one of Brahms’ most glorious slow movements and a dark scherzo which paraphrases the opening theme from his 3rd symphony’s finale. These two sonatas for cello and piano have achieved a legendary position – wonderful and powerful expressions of 19th century romanticism. Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage. He was born in London into a family of distinguished musicians, his mother the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and his father the pianist Peter Wallfisch.
Tracklisting
Marijn Cinjee; Julia Sinclair
Vladimir Feltsman
Raphael Wallfisch/John York
Milos Milivojevic
Kevin Bowyer
Hudson/Verney
David Breitman/Linden
Mahler Co/George Benjamin
